Flagler College Athletics

Coaching Experience
• Head Coach, Flagler College (2018-present)
• Associate Head Coach, Lenoir-Rhyne University (2017)
• Assistant Coach, Lenoir-Rhyne University (2014-16)
• Graduate Assistant Coach, Lenoir-Rhyne University (2011-13)

Education
• B.S., Physical Education (K-12 Education), Catawba College, 2010
• M.S., Public Health, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 2013

Coaching at Flagler
Kathryn (Geouge) Grant became the second coach in the history (started in 2009) of Flagler fast-pitch softball, on June 27, 2017 and started on July 10.

In 2025, she coached Flagler to a 33-22 overall record and a 14-10 mark in the Peach Belt Conference. She helped the Saints reach the NCAA Division II Tournament for the second year in a row. Sydney Stewart earned D2CCA All-Southeast Region honors while a program-record six players received all-conference awards. Four players received academic all-district distinction and six were academic all-conference. 

Grant was named as the PBC Co-Coach of the Year after the first 30-win season for the Saints since 2019. Her squad also ranked among the top four teams in the conference for batting average and ERA as well as lead the conference in fielding percentage. Her team also capped off the season in the NCAA Tournament as the No. 6 team in the Southeast Regional. Flagler had three All-Peach Belt Conference selections in 2024 as Hannah Smith and Sydney Stewart were selected to the first team and Madi Wise was selected to the second team. Wise also earned a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honor. She alongside Kiersten James were named to the PBC Team of Academic Distinction.

Flagler had one All-Peach Belt Conference selection in 2023 as Cassidy Crump was selected to second-team. Seven earned a place on the PBC Team of Academic Distinction. The Saints had a PBC Freshman of the Week in Jordan Sheets.

In 2022, the Saints had two All-Peach Belt Conference selections in Kyleigh Taylor and Alyssa Velez. Another six earned academic all-conference honors. Flagler had a PBC Player of the Week, a Pitcher of the Week, and three Freshmen of the Week. Flagler also posted wins over nationally ranked Valdosta State University (No. 3) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (No. 21). 

Grant coached three Saints to all-conference honors in 2021 as well as five wins over nationally ranked competition. Kyra Gipson earned first team All-PBC honors while NaJah Gerrald and Mackenzie Smith were selected to the second team. The Saints also placed four on the academic all-conference team: Paige Maseda, Morgan Murphy, Kyleigh Taylor, and Madelyn Wise.

The 2020 team got off to a great start with an 18-8 record before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the end to the season. The Saints were an impressive 12-2 at home. 

The Saints improved in year two under Grant with a 31-23 overall record and a 13-7 record in the Peach Belt Conference. The Saints posted some big wins over nationally-ranked programs in 2018. Flagler splits with No. 4 Valdosta State, defeated No. 10 Florida Tech, and swept a doubleheader from No. 3 North Georgia, all at Flagler Field. Kyra Gipson earned all-conference honors after posting a 19-11 record with a 2.13 earned run average.  

Flagler posted a 26-27 overall record and a 9-11 mark in the Peach Belt Conference in Geouge's first season at the helm. Natalie Murphy and Garland Evans earned all-conference honors and six players were named academic all-conference. Natalie Murphy was selected to the academic all-district team.



Prior to Flagler
Grant comes to Flagler from Lenoir-Rhyne University where she served as the associate head coach in 2017, the assistant coach (2014 through 2016) and graduate assistant (fall of 2011-13). In her time as a coach on the Bears’ staff, Lenoir-Rhyne posted a 251-89 record (.738 winning pct.) and went to five NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals as well as winning or sharing four regular season South Atlantic Conference regular season titles. The Bears won the SAC Tournament title in 2012 and 2013.

In 2017, Grant helped coach the Bears to a 46-13 overall record and a 16-4 mark in conference play. Lenoir-Rhyne finished with the third highest batting average in the nation with a .361 mark, was seventh in on-base percentage (.415) and slugging percentage (.539), eighth in doubles per game (1.83), and ninth in scoring (6.8 runs per game) and triples per game (0.41).

As an assistant, Grant instructed the outfielders and the team’s hitters. She also spent time as a pitching coach and was a first base coach. Grant conducted the team’s weight lifting and conditioning sessions and oversaw the student-athletes’ academic progress. She also handled recruiting duties.

Grant has helped coach two NFCA All-Americans, 27 All-SAC players, the SAC Pitcher of the Year, the SAC Player of the Year and the SAC Freshman of the Year. Also, nine players have earned Daktronics/D2CCA all-region honors and 14 more have earned NFCA all-region accolades.

Personal
Prior to her time in Hickory, North Carolina, Grant was a graduate assistant at her alma mater, Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, for the fall season in 2010. A 2010 graduate of Catawba, Grant was a four-year starter and ranks first in career runs scored, walks and assists. She is second in stolen bases and games played. Grant is fourth all-time in hits and fifth in runs batted in, on-base percentage and home runs. She was a NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete in 2010.  

The Canton, North Carolina native received her bachelor’s in physical education, with a minor in K-12 education, from Catawba in 2010 and earned her master’s in public health from Lenoir-Rhyne in 2013.    

 

Kathryn Grant's Coaching Record
Year	Institution	Conf. Record	Overall Record	Honors
2018	Flagler	9-11	26-27 (.491)	PBC Tourn.
2019	Flagler	13-7	31-23 (.574)	PBC Tourn.
2020	Flagler	2-0	18-8 (.692)
2021	Flagler	9-11	16-20 (.444)
2022	Flagler	9-15	25-27 (.481)	PBC Tourn.
2023	Flagler	13-14	18-33 (.353)	PBC Tourn.
2024	Flagler	15-9	35-24 (.593)	PBC Tourn.; NCAA Region Tourn.
2025	Flagler	14-10	33-22 (.600)	PBC Tourn.; NCAA Region Tourn.
	Career Record	84-77 (.522)	202-184 (.523)